Here and Now

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Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson

Stay up-to-date with the news between Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Here & Now combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversation to form a fast-paced program that updates the news from the morning and adds important conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, and the arts: film, theater, music, food, and more.

The Senate is expected to vote this afternoon on the 21st Century Cures Act. It is considered landmark legislation that would provide funding for research programs like Vice President Joe Biden’s moonshot against cancer. It will also make significant changes in how drugs are tested and approved. The act passed in the House overwhelmingly and is expected to easily pass the Senate as well. NPRs Richard Harris ( @rrichardh ) joins Here & Now s Jeremy Hobson to...

The president travels to Tampa today, the militarys special operations headquarters. There he will meet with the troops and speak about his administrations counterterrorism efforts. Here & Now s Peter ODowd asks American University professor Stephen Tankel ( @stephentankel ), a counterterrorism expert, to assess the Obama legacy, and also what to expect from the Trump administration. Interview Highlights On the White Houses report on use of military force

Uber is thinking about the long game. The ride-hailing company acquired the artificial intelligence (AI) company Geometric Intelligence Monday, and said it will begin a new research arm called Ubers AI Labs. Other companies like Google and Facebook have also been making moves to boost their understanding of AI as they look to their future. Here & Now s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Johana Bhuiyan ( @JMBooyah ), senior editor of transportation at Recode, about the...

A spate of high-profile police shootings in the last year have drawn attention to the way police respond to people dealing with mental illness. Until recently, that response was arrest first, and ask questions later. But as Rhode Island Public Radios Kristin Espeland Gourlay ( @kristingourlay ) reports, a rising number of police departments around the country are re-thinking the way they handle these crises . This story comes via the New England News Collaborative .

Vladimir Putin said last week that he wants to normalize relations with the United States, and that the two countries should join efforts to fight international terrorism. During the campaign, Donald Trump praised Putin as a leader, which raised some alarms among those who see Putin as an authoritarian ruler who poses a serious threat to the United States and its Western allies. Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov ( @Kasparov63 ), chairman of the pro-democracy Human...